Archive for October, 2008

Building a Website From Scratch: A Beginner’s Guide

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Contrary to popular belief, it’s not very difficult to build a website from scratch. The idea seems confusing and causes many to give up before even starting! But do not fret, building a website can be both fun and easy, and I’m going to prove it.

I have a few tips and tricks up my sleeves for the upcoming and interested web developers reading this, and you don’t even need to know how to code! Granted it does help A LOT if you understand some basic HTML and CSS, but it’s not needed to build a website. What you should have is a decent hosting company and domain name at the least, that way you can brand yourself.

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Top 11 Companies to Work as a Web Developer

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

There are new start-up companies that pop up every day, and there are always new ideas being shared across the internet. However there will always be the top sites as well. The creme of the crop of social networking, web 2.0, or whatever you want to call it. These are the websites that everybody loves to visit and uses on a daily basis, and these are also the companies that are looking for the most help. Most people to visit YouTube do not think about getting a job there, though I would bet it would be an awesome work environment. So with a little digging around, I have found 11 of the coolest companies to land a job as a web developer. Note that I have never actually worked at any of them, so I can’t say first-hand how it would be, but why not give them a little consideration if you’re interested?

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